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Title details for In Search of Sam by Kristin Butcher - Available

In Search of Sam

#2 in series

by Kristin Butcher
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CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) — Commended
When Dani sets out to uncover her father's past, she also discovers her own future.
Raised by her mother, eighteen-year-old Dani Lancaster only had six weeks to get to know her father, Sam, before he lost his battle with cancer. It was long enough to love him, but not long enough to get to know him — especially since Sam didn't even know himself.
Left on the doorstep of an elderly couple when he was just days old, and raised in a series of foster homes, Sam had no idea who his parents were or why they had abandoned him. Dani is determined to find out. With nothing more than an address book, an old letter, and a half-heart pendant to guide her, she sets out on a solo road trip that takes her deep into the foothills, to a long-forgotten town teeming with secrets and hopefully answers.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Truths I Learned from Sam

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 23, 2015

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781459729629
      • File size: 489 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781459729629
      • File size: 489 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      June 1, 2015

      Gr 7 Up-In a field of palpitating hearts and dystopian societies, this realistic novel is a refreshing change. Eighteen-year-old Dani Lancaster is not deeply troubled, her stepfather is not a monster, she has a wonderful relationship with her parents, and no one is bullying her. Instead, the story focuses on the death of the biological father she barely knew and the inheritance he left her. Dani, by choice, meets with her father's attorney alone to receive her inheritance, and then goes on a bit of a road trip through British Columbia in which she begins to discover her paternal roots and manages to save a dying town with the help of her entrepreneurial stepfather. Butcher adeptly creates a feel-good story that has the flavor of Jonathan Friesen's Jerk, California (Speak, 2008), sans the angst. This follow-up to Truths I Learned from Sam (Dudurn, 2013) can easily stand on its own, but Butcher's overreliance on cliches and pat plotlines may get tiresome. VERDICT An additional purchase for librarians who are looking for more docile titles to add to their collections.-Jodeana Kruse, R. A. Long High School, Longview, WA

      Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • Kindle Book
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  • English

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